Nothing comes between me and my CPU: Smart clothes and 'ubiquitous' computing
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The promotional literature on smart clothes through Benjamin's discussion of fetishism and flanerie, considering the ways in which such clothes provide a mobile form of bourgeois interiority that allows the users to make an individualized impression on the world are presented. It is therefore concluded that, smart clothing realizes the phantasmagoria of the commodity world, thus playing an active role given by the pacified consumer.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2005
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The impact of financial information and voluntary disclosures on contributions to not-for-profit organizations
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The statistical analysis of the impact of the voluntary disclosure of financial information pertaining to the service efforts and acomplishments of not-for-profit organizations, on the giving decisions of donors, is presented.
Publication Name: Behavioral Research in Accounting
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 1050-4753
Year: 2007
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Shedding light on the AICPA work/life and women's initiative research: what does it mean to educators and students?
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The interpretation of data contained in the report of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for the year 2004, on the status of women and the development of their careers in public accounting, is presented.
Publication Name: Issues in Accounting Education
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0739-3172
Year: 2007
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